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German adverb · CEFR B2

alternativ

Meaning in English: alternatively, alternative

Rank 3,105 of 5,000adverbLevel B22 forms in the list

Almost the same as in English — one of the German words you already know.

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Example

Alternativ können Sie auch mit Karte zahlen.

Alternatively, you can also pay by card.

Forms of alternativ in the top 5,000

These forms of alternativ are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

alternativen#2,436
alternativeB2

Wir suchen noch nach alternativen Lösungen.
We are still looking for alternative solutions.

How common is alternativ?

alternativ is number 3,105 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 28 times per million words — about once every 36,000 words. Its most frequent form is alternativen (#2,436).

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 75% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 3,101gekauftbought
  2. 3,102der Gangcorridor, gear, course (meal)
  3. 3,103kulturellencultural
  4. 3,104professionelleprofessional
  5. 3,105alternativalternatively, alternative
  6. 3,106Arbeitsplätzejobs, workplaces
  7. 3,107Ereignisseevents
  8. 3,108britischeBritish
  9. 3,109keinemno one, none (dative)

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